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    Re: THAT Freddie Green tone

    Thank you for the interesting thread, BessieM.
    I too dig Mr.Green.

    The estimable Mr. Weinstein remarks on the bass response of the Apitius
    he's playing in the example you posted.

    I've a hunch...
  2. Poll: Re: Just starting out -- Should I really learn to "read music"?

    This clip concerns Jimmy Raney's professional effort to learn sight-reading and probably
    not really pertinent here, but fun anyway.

    'How he did it' starts about half-way in:

    ...
  3. Transducer for Mandolin by 'the Realist'

    Discovered this just today and thought it might be of interest here:

    https://realistacoustic.com/realist_flavors.php?type=mandolin
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    Re: BOSS TU-05 Tuner

    Thank you pops1, the unitune is almost certainly my next adventure. :)
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    BOSS TU-05 Tuner

    Motivated by a desire to end battery waste I've acquired a D'Addario 360 and the Boss TU-05.

    The D'Addario isn't very good.

    The Boss is a much better tuner: more stable, sensitive and more...
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    Re: Anyone know of a suitable clip-on tuner?

    I recently purchased a D'Addario Nexus 360.

    Link:https://www.daddario.com/products/accessories/tuners/guitar-tuners/nexxus-360/

    I dislike it but it is o.k. if your instrument's intonation is...
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    Re: RIP Steve James

    Damn!

    Mr. James on mandolin:


    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=blues+musician+stev+james&t=h_&iar=videos&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYr OOtx50zC4
  8. Re: Why not a domestic, hand built instrument instead?

    I certainly agree with the point you make.

    I had not thought of it till now but is everyone here on the Cafe old enough to remember Industrial America? Er, how long ago was that?

    ("Geezer...
  9. Re: Why not a domestic, hand built instrument instead?

    I ask this question because significantly fewer people today have any experience of making a physical product than even a generation ago. Hearing from folks who haven't ever actually manufactured...
  10. Re: Why not a domestic, hand built instrument instead?

    This isn't the place for this content. Refer to the first of the Posting Guidelines.
  11. Re: Why not a domestic, hand built instrument instead?

    I spent 4 years in heavy manufacturing as a young man.

    It would be interesting to know how many on this thread have
    factory experience.
  12. Mandolin, Penny Whistle & Dancing & Hoagy

    All that is just my cheap excuse for posting.

    The best bit is three-quarters in (whole thing's only a minute.)


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ZXTMuBDf4
  13. Re: Why not a domestic, hand built instrument instead?

    Simon DS,

    I'd appreciate a little more info, please.

    Is this what you are talking about:

    https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/us-china-trade-war-tariffs-date-chart

    Thanks.
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    Image: Robert Mitchum with Mandolin

    Like many, I'm a fan of both:

    https://i.pinimg.com/736x/09/f1/ee/09f1ee2905af157de261249a7203e8f6.jpg
  15. Re: Ain't in it for my health; a film about Levon Helm

    Robertson needed Levon & the rest of the Band to create those songs.

    He WAS an inspired composer and skilled player but like one reviewer said,
    "Levon was his muse and his voice."

    After the...
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    Re: Eastman 305 & 315 blemished

    A retailer can get around distributor price agreements by selling new stuff as 'blemished' to lower the price,
    at least occasionally.

    Glad you got a nice instrument!
  17. Re: Carter Vintage Guitars is now Carter Vintage Exchange

    Seems to me that some of what is being expressed here represents an inter-generational conflict that has nothing to do with and ignores marketplace dynamics.

    I am nobody's dad. Must be why I...
  18. Re: Carter Vintage Guitars is now Carter Vintage Exchange

    There will always be a market for expensive vintage instruments.

    People with money, and money for this sort of investment have
    different priorities.

    I don't have money but I own a brace of...
  19. Re: Judge throws out Gibson's claim that Dean is in contempt of c

    This article in 'Forbes' might be of interest.

    Be sure to check out the link embedded in the 5th paragraph
    about A.O. Appleton's pre-Les Paul-Les Paul.
    ...
  20. Re: Judge throws out Gibson's claim that Dean is in contempt of c

    The right thing to do, of course.

    Good Luck! :)
  21. Re: Judge throws out Gibson's claim that Dean is in contempt of c

    Yes.

    I love my old Gibson guitars and I am glad Gibson survives along with the craftspeople/ employees.

    Still, when I hear 'Gibson' I remember Frank Zappa singing, to the strains of 'Midnight...
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    Re: Praise for the Northfield Calhoun

    Congratulations & enjoy!

    I own a Calhoun, my only mando, and it's worth the $.

    I'd say you've got good taste, sir.
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    Re: Snark tuner

    Just in case it is useful to anyone: I recently purchased a D'Addario Nexus 360 rechargeable tuner.

    Small, bright, good mechanics and of course no batteries to replace.
    Not a very good tuner. The...
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    Re: What is the story behind the "scroll"

    Decades ago, when I was working up to the purchase of my Stratocaster, a great pal encouraged me,

    "they sound great, feel great and it looks like a spaceship!"

    Properly or not I feel ...
  25. Re: Good Tone - How long does it actually take?

    I apologize in advance but I have not read thru this thread entirely.

    Has any mention been made of the OP recording his sound
    for an appraisal from a different perspective?
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